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Specific printer setting not saved in Access 2007
I have an old Access 2000 project (which connects to an SQL database). I have
several reports that need to go to a specific printer. I am now using Access 2007. When I change the printer from default to specific in the page layout for the report, the change is not saved (even though I specifically save the report), it reverts back to the default printer setting. When I first opened this project on 2007 it complained (since that printer, although it's the same printer, has a different driver on Vista) and I changed it, but it's not saving the change. Under Access 2000, I had this setup so that once you launched the report from a form, you could click on a print button (from a custom toolbar which seems to have disappeared when running on 2007) and in one click it would print off to the correct printer. Now when you click the print button, you get the print dialog and have to change the printer (every time). How do I get my one-click print back? |
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Specific printer setting not saved in Access 2007
Yes, this is a known bug in Access 2007. We have it listed he
http://allenbrowne.com/Access2007.html#Bugs Hopefully MS will fix this when the release Service Pack 1 for A2007. -- Allen Browne - Microsoft MVP. Perth, Western Australia Tips for Access users - http://allenbrowne.com/tips.html Reply to group, rather than allenbrowne at mvps dot org. "Tergiver" wrote in message ... I have an old Access 2000 project (which connects to an SQL database). I have several reports that need to go to a specific printer. I am now using Access 2007. When I change the printer from default to specific in the page layout for the report, the change is not saved (even though I specifically save the report), it reverts back to the default printer setting. When I first opened this project on 2007 it complained (since that printer, although it's the same printer, has a different driver on Vista) and I changed it, but it's not saving the change. Under Access 2000, I had this setup so that once you launched the report from a form, you could click on a print button (from a custom toolbar which seems to have disappeared when running on 2007) and in one click it would print off to the correct printer. Now when you click the print button, you get the print dialog and have to change the printer (every time). How do I get my one-click print back? |
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Specific printer setting not saved in Access 2007
I did find some issues with the default printer in this newsgroup for Access
2000, but I seemed to be having the opposite problem with 2007. I just assumed that such an old 2000 bug couldn't possibly find its way into 2007.. appearently I'm wrong. The website you point to says, "[wait for SP1]", but it looks to me like this particular bug (I never encountered it when using 2000 myself) has no hope of ever being addressed. "Allen Browne" wrote: Yes, this is a known bug in Access 2007. We have it listed he http://allenbrowne.com/Access2007.html#Bugs Hopefully MS will fix this when the release Service Pack 1 for A2007. -- Allen Browne - Microsoft MVP. Perth, Western Australia Tips for Access users - http://allenbrowne.com/tips.html Reply to group, rather than allenbrowne at mvps dot org. "Tergiver" wrote in message ... I have an old Access 2000 project (which connects to an SQL database). I have several reports that need to go to a specific printer. I am now using Access 2007. When I change the printer from default to specific in the page layout for the report, the change is not saved (even though I specifically save the report), it reverts back to the default printer setting. When I first opened this project on 2007 it complained (since that printer, although it's the same printer, has a different driver on Vista) and I changed it, but it's not saving the change. Under Access 2000, I had this setup so that once you launched the report from a form, you could click on a print button (from a custom toolbar which seems to have disappeared when running on 2007) and in one click it would print off to the correct printer. Now when you click the print button, you get the print dialog and have to change the printer (every time). How do I get my one-click print back? |
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Specific printer setting not saved in Access 2007
I think there are 2 different issues here.
There was a bug in Name AutoCorrect that caused earlier versions to lose their printer settings: http://support.microsoft.com/?id=240826 That bug has been fixed. The problem with Access 2007 not retaining the settings from the Printer dialog at all is a different bug. Hopefully it will be addressed in the not to distant future. There are alternatives if you are stuck, such as this: Printer Selection Utility - Users assign printers to reports at: http://allenbrowne.com/AppPrintMgt.html While that's actually designed to solve a different problem, it should work. -- Allen Browne - Microsoft MVP. Perth, Western Australia Tips for Access users - http://allenbrowne.com/tips.html Reply to group, rather than allenbrowne at mvps dot org. "Tergiver" wrote in message ... I did find some issues with the default printer in this newsgroup for Access 2000, but I seemed to be having the opposite problem with 2007. I just assumed that such an old 2000 bug couldn't possibly find its way into 2007.. appearently I'm wrong. The website you point to says, "[wait for SP1]", but it looks to me like this particular bug (I never encountered it when using 2000 myself) has no hope of ever being addressed. "Allen Browne" wrote: Yes, this is a known bug in Access 2007. We have it listed he http://allenbrowne.com/Access2007.html#Bugs Hopefully MS will fix this when the release Service Pack 1 for A2007. "Tergiver" wrote in message ... I have an old Access 2000 project (which connects to an SQL database). I have several reports that need to go to a specific printer. I am now using Access 2007. When I change the printer from default to specific in the page layout for the report, the change is not saved (even though I specifically save the report), it reverts back to the default printer setting. When I first opened this project on 2007 it complained (since that printer, although it's the same printer, has a different driver on Vista) and I changed it, but it's not saving the change. Under Access 2000, I had this setup so that once you launched the report from a form, you could click on a print button (from a custom toolbar which seems to have disappeared when running on 2007) and in one click it would print off to the correct printer. Now when you click the print button, you get the print dialog and have to change the printer (every time). How do I get my one-click print back? |
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